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Henry Hathaway
Director -
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer -
Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography -
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer -
Ray Binger
Special Effects -
Paul Eagler
Special Effects -
Daniel Mandell
Editor -
Robert Riskin
Associate Producer
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CinemaSerf 6/22/2022 3:43:35 PM
There is something of the Rudyard Kipling about this story of a troop of American soldiers left on Mindanao after the US army withdrew from the Philippines at the start of the 20th century. They are tasked with training up a local police force to try and combat some religious fanatics bent on subjugating the local population. It's an odd, but good, role for Gary Cooper ("Dr. Canavan") who is the army surgeon whom alongside David Niven ("Lt. McCool") must try to save the military contingent and the local populace from the brutal and frequently ingenious tactics of their foes. Broderick Crawford and Reginald Owen feature as his less than competent military superiors, and Andrea Leeds puts in a decent effort as "Linda Hartley", a damsel not afraid to join in and help out!
David Niven
Lieut. McCoolGary Cooper
Doctor CanavanRoy Gordon
Col. HatchVladimir Sokoloff
The DatuHenry Kolker
The GeneralReginald Owen
Capt. HartleyBroderick Crawford
Lieut. LarsenCharles Waldron
The Padre